m == martineau AT zmanda DOT com writes:

 m> The '.' is required, all excludes are relative to the dle you back up.

 m> Brandon Metcalf wrote:
 m> > I have defined an exclude list in a dumptype using
 m> >
 m> >   exclude list "/etc/amanda/DailySet1/exclude-list"
 m> >
 m> > with entries like
 m> >
 m> >   $ cat /etc/amanda/DailySet1/exclude-list
 m> >   ./dumps
 m> >   ./opt/dell/srvadmin/shared/.ipc
 m> >
 m> > I have a couple of questions about the entries.  Based on the
 m> > documentation I've read and the tests I've run, the leading '.' is
 m> > required which means these are relative paths to the device where
 m> > these directories live.
 m> >
 m> > First, am I correct in thinking the '.' are required?  If so, how can
 m> > Amanda be told to exclude, for example, /dumps on sda1 but still
 m> > backup /dumps on sda2 other than defining different dumps types with
 m> > their own exclude list?
 m> >
 m> You can't.


Seems like a nice feature would be to allow the DLE to be specified in
the exclude list.


-- 
Brandon